"I want that release to just go play" — The Joey Calderazzo Interview

Last week, when I spoke for the first time with Joey Calderazzo, the world-class American jazz pianist let everything hang out. Which, if you know his unfettered, always genuine, go-for-it playing, shouldn’t be a surprise.
Calderazzo, who headlines the TD Ottawa Winter Jazz Festival on Saturday night with his trio, generously gave me 90 minutes of his time and held little back as he discussed his origins and development as a pianist, his connections to bandleaders Michael Brecker and Branf